April 2011
Weird Science gets its freak on to beat restless... →
It’s nice to have options: Restless leg syndrome is uncomfortable enough to keep people awake and most of them are stuck taking long walks to ease the discomfort enough to where its sufferers can get back to sleep. A case report in Sleep Medicine indicates that someone has found an alternate palliative, one that doesn’t require leaving the bed: sex. And, if that’s unavailable,...
Bakeneko →
A bakeneko will haunt any household it is kept in, creating ghostly fireballs, menacing sleepers, walking on its hind legs, changing its shape into that of a human, and even devouring its own mistress in order to shapeshift and take her place. When it is finally killed, its body may be as much as five feet in length. It also poses a danger if allowed into a room with a fresh corpse; a cat is...
